We believe in peace: Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, JAN. 31.The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said today that nations may sometimes go to war with each other, but sooner or later they "realise the futility of bloodshed and the utility of dialogue." Paying tributes to the ...

Chandrika likely to dissolve Parliament
COLOMBO, JAN. 31. With official-level talks to solve Sri Lanka's political standoff collapsing, current indications are that the President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, is likely to dissolve the 225-member Parliament in the next few days, paving the ...

Vote on account a joke: Sonia
DIGRAS (MAHARASHTRA), JAN. 31.The Leader of the Opposition and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi today assailed the National Democratic Government's move for an vote on account and said that it was nothing but "empty slogans and a joke." Ms. ...

Sonia meets Mayawati
NEW DELHI, JAN. 31. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, tonight met the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, Mayawati, at the latter's residence. Party sources indicated that this was in continuance of Congress efforts to forge a secular alliance for ...

A.Q. Khan sacked as adviser
ISLAMABAD, JAN. 31. The founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has been stripped of his position as Adviser to the Prime Minister, in the wake of the ongoing investigation into allegations of the transfer of nuclear ...

Pending case stalls Bleach's release
KOLKATA, JAN. 31.The much-awaited release of Peter Bleach, a key accused in the Purulia arms drop case, was today stalled in view of another pending case against him in Mumbai. The West Bengal Home Secretary, A.K. Deb, told PTI that the State ...

Suraiyya dead
MUMBAI, JAN. 31.Suraiyya, who kept generations of cine-goers spell-bound with her acting and singing, died here today after a brief illness. She was 75. Suraiyya was hospitalised 15 days ago. She was laid to rest in the evening.  ...